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Terrance

4:16 PM

@Ravan The answer that Rinzwind wrote on your question is correct, but I would also look here for the common lockout.

Ravan

@Terrance Is there any differenc between local and remote

method is different?

Terrance

@Ravan fail2ban only does SSH (remote), and as far as the local log in, the PAM system takes care of that. I think the PAM could actually take care of both, but hope that someone doesn't use the root user, or that would be locked out.

Ravan

@Terrance so in that answer both covered?

@NathanOsman o/

Nathan Osman

o/

Terrance

@Ravan He did put both there. I personally only use fail2ban for my home system.

Ravan

4:24 PM

@NathanOsman have a look here askubuntu.com/questions/678331/…

@Terrance here chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/24329281#24329281

@Terrance see above and below messages

Terrance

@Ravan Yes, he did put them both there. The PAM tally command would reset the lock on the user account before the time expired on it. The PAM security does the local user itself, where fail2ban locks out the IP address of the remote system.

After a certain number of attempts.

Ravan

@Terrance @NathanOsman my question is here chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/24329255#24329255

any one can use that command?

does it ask for authentication?

Terrance

@Ravan anyone with sudo access could use that command that was logged into the host.

Ravan

ok I will try first!...

Rinzwind

4:48 PM

@Terrance nice one

Terrance

@Rinzwind =)

A.B.

@Terrance \o =)

Terrance

@A.B. Hi my friend! =)

Rinzwind

This could have gone SERIOUSLY wrong askubuntu.com/questions/678366/…

A.B.

@Rinzwind =) indeed

Rinzwind

4:56 PM

and @A.B. why is there a name aboettger in the part starting with /home here askubuntu.com/a/678369/15811

and what is with the html in there >:-D

cl-netbox

@Rinzwind ... maybe because it is his user name ? =)

Rinzwind

@cl-netbox always remove personal data ;=) and we all know his name is A.B.

Ravan

@A.B help

just installed gnome3.16....system running in low graphics mode error @A.B

Rinzwind

Press F1 for help
:=)

cl-netbox

@Rinzwind thanks for your hint - maybe he simply forgot to remove it because he was busy in answering 1000+ questions >:)

Rinzwind

5:06 PM

@Ravan quick answer: drop to command line, install graph driver and run "reconfigure"

detailed one is gonna take some time :X

lol

Ravan

@Rinzwind =)

cl-netbox

@Ravan Hello - I'm back - just booted from wily-beta-iso for testing purposes - running great that beast ! =)

Ravan

any link @Rinzwind

@cl-netbox hello

Rinzwind

I should have a link yes :X was looking through my archive
I had the same problem on a very new notebook ... took me ages to fix :P

Ravan

@Rinzwind I found this

Rinzwind

5:09 PM

@Ravan wow and I though I saw all the great topics on AU :P

ah lol. I upvoted 2 answers in there at some point.

Ravan

but which answer!....

has to select

Rinzwind

do not use this one askubuntu.com/a/125516/15811

Ravan

yes

Rinzwind

use this for ATI cards askubuntu.com/a/126035/15811

this one might be the real problem: askubuntu.com/a/138729/15811 full partition so it can not create the file for the videocard driver

Hmm no answer to re-install nvidia :D

A.B.

5:41 PM

@Rinzwind html for font weight bold, and grep gives the full path

Nathan Osman

Oops.

A.B.

@Ravan Nvidia?

Nathan Osman

I just killed my website.

A.B.

@NathanOsman ^.^

why?

Nathan Osman

It's back now.

A.B.

5:43 PM

@muru oh yes, you're right, that's sneaky o_O

Nathan Osman

I had an Nginx configuration error that brought down every site on the server.

Usually Nginx checks the configuration before reloading the server but this time it didn't.

A.B.

@muru OP likes your answer askubuntu.com/q/678400/367165

cl-netbox

I will leave now - a good time for all of you around - see you - goodbye ... :)

A.B.

@cl-netbox cu =)

Thomas W.

@NathanOsman Always run sudo nginx -t first

Nathan Osman

5:59 PM

I thought the Debian packaging did that when I do service nginx restart...

Thomas W.

@NathanOsman it will also torpedo workers, yes, if it's bad. (it will not if the config is valid, and for current connections)

@NathanOsman It's supposed to. But there are cases where that's not enough. (Be thorough lol!)

Nathan Osman

Okay.

Thomas W.

@NathanOsman it's odd, but the 'service' system isn't enough to make sure it works 100%

sudo nginx -t <- actually runs a test

outputs all errors

(unlike the service system/scripts)

Nathan Osman

nginx: [emerg] host not found in upstream "fpm" in `/...`

^--- here's what isn't working

:(

Thomas W.

configs.

or make a private chan with me and provide em

or similar

@NathanOsman good thing i showed up :)

Nathan Osman

6:07 PM

Yeah :)

Now all I have to do is figure out why it's still serving the default Nginx page and I'm all set :P

Thomas W.

@NathanOsman is it the standard Debian package?

or from Upstream's repo?

or mine

Nathan Osman

Nope - straight from Debian.

Thomas W.

ln -s /path/to/newsite/configfile /etc/nginx/sites-enabled

sudo service nginx reload

Nathan Osman

I did that.

Thomas W.

oh

see the other chan

AmagicalFishy

6:24 PM

Is it possible to dual boot Windows and Ubuntu whilst having a single boot partition?

I've got: /, /boot, /home, and BIOS-boot partitions for Ubuntu

and Windows also creates two smaller partitions

but I don't want those smaller ones. I just want Windows in a single partition, but can't figure out how to get Grub to see Windows w/o that tiny boot partition there

Byte Commander

@AmagicalFishy Well, that's a Windows question then, isn't it?

Nathan Osman

Windows needs the "System Reserved Partition" for booting. It is possible to install Windows without it but I'm not sure it's possible to remove after the fact.

Byte Commander

Anyway, I have to run... See you guys tomorrow.

AmagicalFishy

@ByteCommander No. :p

@NathanOsman Huh. I've done that, but, for some reason, Windows ends up creating 2 other partitions anyway

Nathan Osman

Well, I'm out of ideas then.

AmagicalFishy

6:30 PM

There's a Windows/Boot folder, which I assume holds the bootloader and stuff

but when I point Grub2 to it, or do os-prober

it doesn't see Windows as an OS

Nathan Osman

Do you use BitLocker at all on Windows?

AmagicalFishy

I don't

I only use Windows for games

Nathan Osman

Hmm... I have no idea then.

AmagicalFishy

Hrm

I think I have a messy idea (thanks to your link)

user139252

What's going on in here?

Nathan Osman

6:34 PM

@SmokeDetector Spam... at 11:34am in the morning??? What is this?!?

user139252

A bad lunch idea?

user139252

Apparently my students can't be trusted to remember their passwords, so I had to spend all morning making SSH2-RSA keys....

Nathan Osman

Having been responsible for managing accounts on the family computers, I've come to the bitter conclusion that writing down your password and sticking it to the monitor isn't a bad thing. Anyone with physical access to a machine already has the ability to do anything with it.

Byte Commander

@NathanOsman Never show stick the admin password to the monitor if you have little kids that don't know Ubuntu recovery mode yet! ;)

Good night.

Nathan Osman

Well, of course, I remember my passwords.

It's just the other users who sometimes have trouble.

And I usually prefer to use keys to login anyway.

user139252

6:41 PM

Keys make it easier to log in

user139252

But making flashdrives with keys for 15 students, each with a different key, takes too long D=

user139252

Oh well. It's done now. What was happening with @AmagicalFishy

Nathan Osman

Oh he was just wondering about extra system/boot partitions.

user139252

6:57 PM

The wood pieces and Happ buttons came in for our arcade cabinets today, they finally get to build their own machines!

blade19899

Got a new server by digital ocean people! SSD Servers! EuroBytes! Awh Yeah!

user139252

SSD SERVERS! YAY!

user139252

I want SSD to get more affordable...

user139252

No way would I pay $1K USD for a drive...

blade19899

@HeatherBrown, Same here. Really need to get a more powerful Computer

Nathan Osman

7:05 PM

You can get a decent Samsung SSD for $200 these days.

user139252

How big, though?

user139252

I sometimes do photography and video editing.... I like my 2TB drive. Last I checked, 1.2 terabyte was almost $1000

A.B.

@ParanoidPanda First try sudo apt-get install -f

Thomas W.

got two small systems now lol

they're smalllll form factors

Nathan Osman

@HeatherBrown 250 GB. What I do is use the SSD for the OS, applications, and my home directory. Then I create mountpoints for Pictures, Videos, etc. inside the home directory to a regular 2 TB mechanical disk. Then all of that gets backed up over the network to a 2 TB NAS.

Hybrid solution FTW.

user139252

7:13 PM

That could work... Done!

Thomas W.

how goes it everyone

Nathan Osman

It goes.

I've got the blog up but WordPress organizes things in such a way that makes it difficult to manage uploaded content...

Thomas W.

yes that's because Wordpress

is wordpress

Nathan Osman

I know :P

I hate PHP and I hate WordPress.

This is one of those "necessary evils".

blade19899

Guys, I can't .htaccess to work on my server, which is Ubuntu 14.04. I am removing the php extension from my links. It worked on my other server(debian)

> ErrorDocument 404 /notfound.php
ErrorDocument 403 /forbidden.php

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php

intex

7:39 PM

I am running cricket 2002 in VM windows xp but it does not start and ask for correct drive path i've patched that also how can i run

user136984

@Terrance: So as it doesn't work for you either and you have Chrome, what do you think that we could all have in common and not with those who are not experiencing this issue?

AmagicalFishy

I can't figure this shit out

Damn you, Windows!!!

It creates a small system partition regardless of what I do. :l

A.B.

7:56 PM

@ParanoidPanda have you removed the packages?

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: After ubuntu crash - whole filesystem read-only

I just had a crash on my Ubuntu system - It happends now and then when the system goes into a sleep mode - I cannot wake it up again - I will sort this problem out in due course of time. But I have another issue - THIS time, when it happened and after restarting the computer - when Ubuntu is boot...

A.B.

@ParanoidPanda give me an answer or I have to sleep ;)

Terrance

@ParanoidPanda Mine actually started working, but it only notifies me right after the message happened, but there is no indicator that remains on my screen letting me know.

user136984

@A.B.: Not the packages that it told me had been removed during that installation.

A.B.

@ParanoidPanda Than remove the packages as commented.

user136984

8:08 PM

@A.B.: Why would I remove the packages? It seems to think that I need them... The problem was that it seemed to suggest that it had removed them even though they were necessary dependencies for other programs.

user136984

Unless I am misunderstanding you?

A.B.

@ParanoidPanda remove the packages and I will repair your system. Packages can be reinstalled.

user136984

Ah, so there is some sort of problem in my system associated with those packages?

A.B.

It makes no sense to have a corrupted package management.

user136984

Oh, so you think that the packages are corrupted then or my package manager?

RPi Awesomeness

8:12 PM

o/

A.B.

@ParanoidPanda any dependency has a problem and we will solve now.

@RPiAwesomeness o/

@ParanoidPanda and if not today, then tomorrow

user136984

@A.B.: Why in one case I am reinstalling the program affected, and in the other the dependency?

user136984

And I am not reinstalling all of the programs affected nor all of the dependencies.

user136984

Or should I do this with all of them? Perhaps with the --reinstall flag?

A.B.

No, simply remove vlc and libavcodec56

user136984

8:18 PM

Oh wait, I tried to do it with the second you mention and now it is saying that it is not installed any more...

user136984

But I am now able to install it, should I do so?

A.B.

apt-cache policy vlc

user136984

@A.B.: The output of reinstalling the second was:

user136984

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED
  libavcodec-extra libavcodec-extra-56
The following NEW packages will be installed
  libavcodec56
0 to upgrade, 1 to newly install, 2 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
Need to get 0 B/3,046 kB of archives.
After this operation, 88.1 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 232524 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing libavcodec-extra (6:11.2-1) ...

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: I have linux intalled when I boot it says no boot device found but in a live session all my data is there

Here is the paste of boot-repair http://paste.ubuntu.com/12558734/ I can boot from a live usb and I can open the hdd and all of the data is there. My computer is a Dell M3800 with Ubuntu 14.04 installed. It came with Linux oem.

ubuntu boot

user136984

8:23 PM

@A.B.:

user136984

vlc:
  Installed: 2.2.0-1
  Candidate: 2.2.0-1
  Version table:
 *** 2.2.0-1 0
        500 archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu vivid/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

user136984

So what do you think?

A.B.

Remove vlc

Terrance

@ParanoidPanda For the notifications, do you have libnotify4 installed?

A.B.

And give me a ping

user136984

8:27 PM

@Terrance: Yes

user136984

@A.B.: I have PURGED it now! >:)

user136984

I have also updated my question with some more interesting information.

Terrance

@ParanoidPanda OK, just checking.

A.B.

remove libavcodec-extra-56 and libavcodec56

user136984

@A.B.: Should I say yes to sudo apt-get autoremove?

user136984

8:29 PM

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED
  libfreerdp-cache1.1 libfreerdp-client1.1 libfreerdp-codec1.1 libfreerdp-common1.1.0 libfreerdp-core1.1 libfreerdp-crypto1.1 libfreerdp-gdi1.1
  libfreerdp-locale1.1 libfreerdp-primitives1.1 libfreerdp-utils1.1 libgles1-mesa libsdl-image1.2 libva-drm1 libva-x11-1 libvncclient0
  libwinpr-crt0.1 libwinpr-dsparse0.1 libwinpr-environment0.1 libwinpr-file0.1 libwinpr-handle0.1 libwinpr-heap0.1 libwinpr-input0.1

A.B.

Yes

And libavcodec-extra-56 and libavcodec56

user136984

@A.B.: Ok, the first is not installed and when I try to remove the second I get:

user136984

The following extra packages will be installed:
  libavcodec-extra-56
The following packages will be REMOVED
  gstreamer1.0-libav* gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad* libavcodec56* libavformat56* libopencv-contrib2.4* libopencv-highgui2.4* libopencv-legacy2.4*
  libopencv-objdetect2.4* vlc-nox* vlc-plugin-notify* vlc-plugin-samba*
The following NEW packages will be installed
  libavcodec-extra-56
0 to upgrade, 1 to newly install, 11 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
Need to get 3,049 kB of archives.
After this operation, 21.9 MB disk space will be freed.

A.B.

Yes

user136984

@A.B.:

user136984

8:33 PM

dpkg: libavcodec56:amd64: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you requested:
 libchromaprint0:amd64 depends on libavcodec56 (>= 6:11~beta1) | libavcodec-extra-56 (>= 6:11); however:
  Package libavcodec56:amd64 is to be removed.
  Package libavcodec-extra-56:amd64 is not installed.

user136984

Oh, and also, it was a purge and not remove, is that fine?

A.B.

Remove libchromaprint0

user136984

What is that?

A.B.

audio fingerprint library

user136984

Ok, done with no obvious errors. :)

A.B.

8:36 PM

Remove libavcodec-extra-56

And the other thing
libavcodec56

user136984

@A.B.: The last was not installed so could not be removed, but the rest were.

A.B.

Great

user136984

So now what?

A.B.

Reinstall ubuntu-restricted-extras

With --reinstall

user136984

Done without error. :)

A.B.

8:41 PM

start a autoremove

Done?

thou shalt not reformat your hard drive

Ok, I have to sleep, install vlc and give me the result.

user136984

Ok, sorry, I have run autoremove and done all that and am installing VLC now. :)

user136984

I will ping you when the installation is done.

user136984

@A.B.: Ok, the installation has been completed without error so am I fine now? :)

user136984

8:58 PM

If so, thanks! And can you please somehow convert all of that into an answer so that I can accept it. :)

user136984

9:16 PM

Well, anyway, goodnight! :)

RPi Awesomeness

Ohai 141 MB CS:GO update. Crikey

kalina

this looks like spam askubuntu.com/a/678465/196255 - cross posted here superuser.com/a/978296/241646

Nathan Osman

Hmm...

He does disclose that he is the author of the tutorials and it does relate to the question.

So it's certainly not obvious spam.

Terrance

Agreed

SmokeDetector

9:57 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported answer: Why can't I resize a dynamic VDI with modifyhd command? by apptutor on askubuntu.com

hbdgaf

@NathanOsman - I have a judgement question. Sometimes I get a little carried away, so I thought I should just plain ask someone.

o/ @RPiAwesomeness

RPi Awesomeness

o/

Am I the only one who finds Banshee's shuffle feature confusing as all heck and basically useless?

hbdgaf

I'm trying to get used to amarok, since I'm planning on full Qt only stuff when LXDE hits stable.

A more direct answer is, I don't particularly care for some of the lack of usable features in banshee either, but I don't expect basic utilities to imitate a media-center either.

RPi Awesomeness

I just wish the stupid queue/shuffle would work in a normal sense :P

hbdgaf

See the edit.

RPi Awesomeness

10:07 PM

Gah. Of course I missed the contest again. Why do I have such crappy luck with time and contests ;(

Could've entered to win a 21:9 ultra-wide monitor from LG :P

hbdgaf

;) it's fine.

RPi Awesomeness

But Noooooooo

I had all this other stuff & I had to get the date wrong & not be able to work on it. Gah.

First the Ubucon contest, now this. Why the crap can't I get anything done in time?

hbdgaf

Maybe you can give some feedback, but I'm still holding out for a few saner heads to all agree.

I finished a CLI skirmish-like game.
I'm trying to decide on whether to REALLY bury the needle and call it something like "notSkirmish" on github, then go pay $4 for stock medieval weapon artwork for the cards - followed by a blog about "How I built a $30k project in a week in 500 lines" and point at the exchange with the author on kickstarter... or whether I should just back off and call it something else.

I still have 15 days to beat him to the mark :)

RPi Awesomeness

I'm confused by the formatting. What's what?

hbdgaf

We talked about the skirmish card game yes?

RPi Awesomeness

10:10 PM

Yes

hbdgaf

I told the author I was planning to make an open source free-ish version where donation levels bought decks, and asked where I could buy decks to give people. With me so far?

RPi Awesomeness

Yup

hbdgaf

I was threatened with legal action. So, my first thought was "avoid the conflict altogether".

RPi Awesomeness

Well then.

hbdgaf

Use a different name, a different card theme, change the rules a little... change everything a little.

My next thought was "Fugetaboutit." in my best italian accent. Just make the exact same thing, since you can't copyright/trademark a card game. Only the name, the artwork, and the rules card. Just buy some stock art for $4, and call it something pretty similar.

I have a working CLI standalone that adheres to the rules. So, as I break it out to client-server and GUI, I have to decide between avoiding the conflict altogether and making a point.

/thought. that's the linear version.

Nathan Osman

10:21 PM

Sorry, back from lunch.

hbdgaf

No problem. I made the logic procedural for @RPiAwesomeness

Nathan Osman

Yeah, my personal gut feeling would be just give it a new name and ignore the conflict.

You have a very valid and logical point but they seem to have already shown that they take a dim view of community effort.

hbdgaf

That was my initial response too, but then I started blaming myself for people being like that because nobody ever gave them a slap and knocked them back.

Nathan Osman

Instead, focus on what you've made and the community will rally around that.

hbdgaf

This is true. Saner heads.

Nathan Osman

10:23 PM

Indeed.

It's sad people are like that and occasionally standing up to them makes a difference, but not very often :(

hbdgaf

That calms it down a little. I'll divert from going that route for the time being. Try to come at it the other way.

FWIW, it works mostly. Now, I have to break it to make it client server, but not a lot.

Nathan Osman

Do you have the code up anywhere yet?

hbdgaf

Not yet. I'm not sure if I should post it before I have it client server instead of hotseat.

It's quite literally about 500 lines though, and half of those are class definitions.

RPi Awesomeness

Ugh. Sociology. Dullest reading ever.

hbdgaf

@RPiAwesomeness - are you actually having to read sociology or are you trying to divert the conversation on purpose? I'll respect either one. Just to be clear.

Mateo

10:33 PM

o/

hbdgaf

o/ @Mateo

Mateo

mmm, friday food day ;) - how are things for everyone?

hbdgaf

Relatively well. Just debating about exactly how I spend my weekend. You?

Mateo

not much, next week though is "The Martian" release, going to plan to see that

hbdgaf

Things in frozen are going well, but I have about 20 on-hands a day going up... It's a little unsettling that it got this bad before they sent someone to fix it. Guess it's par for the course. Now they're giving me until oct end to fix it, and where I was will be on medical leave from oct to dec. So, I'm just trying to prepare myself for a beating again.

I plan to see Sicario when it hits the boards. Should be a fun one.

Mateo

10:40 PM

I think I'm done theming my install for now, I'm going to try to use vivaldi regular for a while. I need some json help on my new scope, I cant get the search part working

@RPiAwesomeness want to look at the code for my new scope one of the parts if giving me trouble

Nathan Osman

I can take a look.

Where's the code?

Mateo

on my computer right now ;p

:)

I'll push it to github

Nathan Osman

Okay.

Mateo

Its something to do with how the json is nested I think, right now I feel I'm just smashing it with a hammer till I see something work

3

hbdgaf

Been there. Still there a little.

Mateo

10:51 PM

@NathanOsman github.com/mateosalta/sofurry working on Client::SearchRes , with the Search Submissions section here: wiki.sofurry.com/wiki/SoFurry_2.0_API - test link for api - api2.sofurry.com/browse/search?search=wolf&format=json

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

11:02 PM

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Q: Copy mouse setting from ubuntu to fedora

I started using fedora today. I have been using ubuntu for the last year. The mouse feels kind of strange in fedora despite me messing with a bunch of the settings. Is there some sort of configuration file which stores all my mouse settings in ubuntu which I can copy to fedora (or something el...

ubuntu fedora mouse

Nathan Osman

11:27 PM

@Mateo Sorry for the delay. The kitchen sink sprung an unexpected leak that I had to deal with.

Everything is under control now.

Mateo

ah, I took a dinner break as well :0

Nathan Osman

Hrm.

CMake Warning at CMakeLists.txt:26 (find_package):
  By not providing "FindIntltool.cmake" in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this project has
  asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by "Intltool",
  but CMake did not find one.

Mateo

aw, not building for you?

Nathan Osman

Yeah, but I think I can figure this one out.

/usr/share/cmake-3.0/Modules/FindIntltool.cmake exists.

It should have no trouble finding the package.

Something is messing up the search paths.

Oh wait...

So... this is interesting.

Apparently /usr/share/cmake-3.0/Modules/FindIntltool.cmake is provided by the cmake-extras package.

And the cmake-extras package puts the file in the wrong place.

...for CMake 3.2 (which I have installed).